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  • C chriselst

    England: New Year's Day (or the first Monday afterwards if it is a weekend) Good Friday Easter Monday First Monday in May Last Monday in May Last Monday in August Christmas Day Boxing Day (if either of these last two is on a Saturday or Sunday then they day off gets moved to the Monday or / and Tuesday. Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to, and I have worked somewhere that for Easter you could have either Friday and Monday or Monday and Tuesday off. I think the Scots get an extra day off at New Year because they are all too hungover to go back to work after just the one day off.

    Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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    chriselst wrote:

    Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to

    They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off. Years ago, before New Year's Day was a public holiday it was interesting to see how many people made it to work.

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      chriselst wrote:

      Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to

      They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off. Years ago, before New Year's Day was a public holiday it was interesting to see how many people made it to work.

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      Richard MacCutchan wrote:

      They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off.

      That's not true.

      Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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      • D den2k88

        In Italy we have: January, 1 - New year's day January, 6 - Epiphany April, 25 - Liberation from Fascism May, 1 - worker's celebration June, 2 - Republic celebration August, 15 - Ferie augustee, a really ancient tradition recently stole by the Church as Assumption of the Virgin Mary (actually introduced in the late 1960's) November, 1 - Celebration of the dead December, 8 - Immaculate Conception December, 25 - of course December, 26 - st Stephen

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        Yeah we also have 1. of May, reduced from 1. and 2. as well as New Year X|

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        • C chriselst

          Richard MacCutchan wrote:

          They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off.

          That's not true.

          Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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          I have never had to work a public holiday without being paid overtime or given time off. And I have worked on Christmas Day, over the Easter weekend a few times; maybe I was just lucky.

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            I have never had to work a public holiday without being paid overtime or given time off. And I have worked on Christmas Day, over the Easter weekend a few times; maybe I was just lucky.

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            There's no statutory right to time off (or pay) relating to those days, although there is a statutory minimum amount of holiday that has to be given which those days can count towards. If that makes sense.

            Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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            • R RUs123

              Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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              I generally have three-day Monday mornings. Feels like it, anyway.

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              • R RUs123

                Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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                That is one small step, towards a Permanent Vacation! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084488/[^]

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                • R RUs123

                  Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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                  For me every week have a 3 day weekend ;P

                  I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V) תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!

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                    chriselst wrote:

                    Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to

                    They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off. Years ago, before New Year's Day was a public holiday it was interesting to see how many people made it to work.

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                    GuyThiebaut
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                    There is no legal obligation clickety[^]in the UK for companies to give you public holidays - it is done out of the kindness of their hearts and because if they didn't they would be all over the papers.

                    “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                    ― Christopher Hitchens

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                    • G GuyThiebaut

                      There is no legal obligation clickety[^]in the UK for companies to give you public holidays - it is done out of the kindness of their hearts and because if they didn't they would be all over the papers.

                      “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                      ― Christopher Hitchens

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                      Depends what business they are in. My SIL is a midwife, and this year will be the first Christmas Day she hasn't worked for 3 years. Think she does get compensated extra for that though. My wife works for Peter Andre's favourite frozen food retailer, and as far as they are concerned there are days when the shop is open and days when the shop is closed. From memory only Christmas Day and Easter Sunday (if the shops are too large to be open) are days they are closed. If you normally work Mondays then you have to work the bank holiday Mondays with no extra pay or time off.

                      Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                      • C chriselst

                        There's no statutory right to time off (or pay) relating to those days, although there is a statutory minimum amount of holiday that has to be given which those days can count towards. If that makes sense.

                        Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                        chriselst wrote:

                        If that makes sense.

                        Perfectly.

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                          Depends what business they are in. My SIL is a midwife, and this year will be the first Christmas Day she hasn't worked for 3 years. Think she does get compensated extra for that though. My wife works for Peter Andre's favourite frozen food retailer, and as far as they are concerned there are days when the shop is open and days when the shop is closed. From memory only Christmas Day and Easter Sunday (if the shops are too large to be open) are days they are closed. If you normally work Mondays then you have to work the bank holiday Mondays with no extra pay or time off.

                          Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                          GuyThiebaut
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                          I hear somein the NHS try and work Christmas day because they get paid quite a bit more for doing so. With regards to Iceland - that sounds incredibly mean spirited to not allow bank holidays and I take it 'closed days' are days when people are not paid.

                          “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

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                          • A Argonia

                            It would be better if you had only 38 working days per year ;)

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                            In like what? A 50 day year? :laugh:

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                            • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                              For me every week have a 3 day weekend ;P

                              I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V) תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!

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                              How do you get to have that every week ? :-D

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                                How do you get to have that every week ? :-D

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                                Simple - my contract is for 4 days a week...

                                I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V) תפסיק לספר לה' כמה הצרות שלך גדולות, תספר לצרות שלך כמה ה' גדול!

                                "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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